Doctors from Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital showed up at the Board of Supervisors meeting to voice concerns about Natividad's proposed level two trauma center, they're concerned that Natividad Medical Center may be cutting corners trying to get the trauma center up and running earlier.

NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER WERE THE CENTER OF DEBATE AT TODAY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. A DAY AFTER NATIVIDAD HOSPITAL GOT A NEW INTERIM C- E-O.. NEW QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLANNED TRAUMA CENTER. ACTION NEWS REPORTER BRYNNE WHITTAKER JOINS US LIVE FROM NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER WITH THE DETAILS. DAN AND ERIN--THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT TAKE-AWAYS FROM TODAY'S MEETING ....CONCERNS OVER NATIVIDAD'S NEW TRAUMA CENTER....AND A CONTRACT FOR THE INTERMIM C-E-O. DOCTORS FROM SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SHOWED UP AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT NATIVIDAD'S PROPOSED LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER.... THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT NATIVIDAD MAY BE CUTTING CORNERS TRYING TO GET THE TRAUMA CENTER UP AND RUNNING EARLIER. THE DOCTORS SAY THE TRAUMA CENTER NEEDS TO BE VALIDATED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BEFORE IT TAKES IN ANY TRAUMA PATIENTS. 34:46 THIS IS A PROCESS THAT ENSURES SAFETY AND QUALITY MEDICAL PRACTICES AND WITHOUT UNDERGOING THIS PROCESS THERE'S NO WAY TO ENSURE OUR PATIENTS WILL BE SAFE AT THE NEW TRAUMA CENTER :55 DOCTORS FROM NATIVIDAD FOUGHT BACK. 46:15 WE WILL NOT OPEN THE TRAUMA CENTER UNLESS WE ARE READY HOWEVER ANY FURTHER DELAY AFTER THE TIMELINE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED WILL BE BIG DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF MONTEREY COUNTY :30 NO LOVE LOSS BETWEEN THESE TWO HOSPITALS... REMEMBER THEY BOTH WANTED THE TRAUMA CENTER...THE COUNTY DECIDING NATIVIDAD WAS THE BETTER CHOICE... SOMETHING NATIVIDAD'S NEW INTERIM CEO KELLY O'KEEFE WAS QUICK TO POINT OUT TODAY... 9:02 "THERE'S ONE COMPONENT OF THAT, MR. WEIS, THAT HAS CHANGED, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WERE EVALUATED THAT WERE FOUND TO BE OF SUPERIOR BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAUMA CENTER ARE STILL IN PLACE" O'KEEFE INSISTS HE AND HIS TEAM WILL GET THE TRAUMA CENTER OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HOPING TO SEE THEIR FIRST PATIENTS IN OCTOBER.. MEANTIME...THE BOARD APPROVED O'KEEFE'S SIX MONTH CONTRACT AS INTERIM C-E-O. O'KEEFE ADDED THAT HE HOPES TO GET INPUT FROM HIS EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC WHILE MOVING FORWARD IN THE TRAUMA CENTER'S OPENING. ERIN, DAN, BACK TO YOU. O'KEEFE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT N-M-C. HE HAS OVER THIRTY YEARS OF MEDICAL EXPERIENCE. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHY THE PREVIOUS C-E-O ABRUPTLY RESIGNED.